Double Feature:
Welcome to Yiddishland Film Ticket
A feature-length documentary about the progressive artists spearheading a global cultural renaissance of the endangered Yiddish language; by creating new art in an ancient language and music that speaks to our times.
Yiddle Yiddle On (free ticket and included with Yiddishland)
Leigh Nudelman is an Ashkenazi South African Jewish singer, who is single-handedly reviving Yiddish music in Johannesburg. A fourth generation South African, Leigh eloquently describes the power of Yiddish to connect her to her ancestors, just as she expresses the struggles and joys of being Jewish in South Africa today.
Leigh describes singing Yiddish music as a feminist act that takes on new relevance in light of the crimes against women on October 7th. In the film, she brings the residents of the Sandringham Gardens Retirement Community to their feet singing Yiddish and South African favorites.
*Event: Bagels and Schmoozing at 9:30 AM
Double Feature:
Welcome to Yiddishland Film Ticket
A feature-length documentary about the progressive artists spearheading a global cultural renaissance of the endangered Yiddish language; by creating new art in an ancient language and music that speaks to our times.
Yiddle Yiddle On (free ticket and included with Yiddishland)
Leigh Nudelman is an Ashkenazi South African Jewish singer, who is single-handedly reviving Yiddish music in Johannesburg. A fourth generation South African, Leigh eloquently describes the power of Yiddish to connect her to her ancestors, just as she expresses the struggles and joys of being Jewish in South Africa today.
Leigh describes singing Yiddish music as a feminist act that takes on new relevance in light of the crimes against women on October 7th. In the film, she brings the residents of the Sandringham Gardens Retirement Community to their feet singing Yiddish and South African favorites.
*Event: Bagels and Schmoozing at 9:30 AM
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